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Loess Plateau soil erosion control generates 2.43 trillion yuan in benefits over 80 years

China.org.cn
| November 6, 2026
2026-11-06

China's efforts to combat soil erosion on the Loess Plateau have generated a cumulative economic benefit of 2.43 trillion yuan (US$364.4 billion) over the past 80 years, helping lift more than 2.5 million local people out of poverty and improve their livelihoods, said Wang Baoen, vice minister of water resources, at a press conference Friday.

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